At GES we take great pride in attracting the type of people that bring great experience and talent that make our organization one of the very best in the industry.  This latest addition is certainly no exception as we diversify the makeup of our team that maintains the excellence that we constantly pursue.

Michael Spath is a 16-year veteran reporter covering the University of Michigan football, basketball and hockey teams. In his career working as a managing editor for Rivals.com (2002-15) and as a sports talk show host for WTKA (2016-present), Michael has covered nine Michigan bowl games, three Frozen Fours and attended the 2013 Final Four/national championship. Michael co-hosts Football 101 with former college coach Steve Morrison each week during football season and can be heard every day from 10am-noon Monday thru Friday on 1050AM in Ann Arbor.

Michael brings a unique skill set to GES that allows our organization to expand into the state of Michigan as well as the rest of the Midwest and elsewhere.  With his experience in the world of sports media as an accomplished reporter, writer and on-air talent, he is a great addition to our team.

We have been very fortunate to work with some high character football players since the beginning. One of our best examples is Austin Pfenninger who just recently completed his bachelors degree from the University of Miami of Florida.  When Austin came to us, he had set high goals for himself to find a program where he could see the field while earning a Master’s degree all at once with just one year of college eligibility remaining.

These types of opportunities don’t come every day and it requires plenty of research and networking to find the very best one.  To put it simply, Austin went about his work with great passion and vision to arrive at the best decision for him, which turned out to be Drake University!

Austin will be a pursuing a Master’s of Law degree and will be a starter at WR for the Bulldogs in 2017.  Wishing you all the very best as Austin as you continue to reach your goals!

All the best!

GES would like to give special thanks to Donovan Dooley and Andy Denryter for inviting us to be a part of an action packed two days of football and recruiting education to benefit both the young QB’s and WR’s, but also their parents and families as well.

Coach Schembechler spoke to many player’s parents on Saturday morning on the importance of navigating the recruiting process including registering their sons with the NCAA and NAIA to be eligible to play in college. By the time the speech and Q&A session was completed, it was already early afternoon and we were able to provide many great insights on how to manage the recruiting game.  We were very pleased with the outcome as we were able to help everyone in attendance.

GES is in discussions with the QBU Surgeon leadership that we may do this again in the future and we are hopeful that this will be a great partnership for a very long time!

Yours in Football!

The GES Team

GES will be kicking off the summer camp series as many of the very top QB and WR prospects throughout the country will be converging on the Legacy Center in Brighton, Michigan to put their skills to the test!

https://www.qbufootball.com/qbu-surgeoncamp

As is frequently the case, it is the educational aspect that we will be focusing on to benefit not only the fine young men in attendance but also their families as they are at least as important as the kids themselves.  We will be speaking on some of the most important subjects like setting academic and football goals, understanding the NCAA and NAIA recruiting calendars, as well as what it takes to be academically qualified to play.

These topics just begin to cover the wide array of what it takes to managing the recruiting process overall and we will be available to answer those questions in more detail as we will be there for both days of this great event!

GES prides itself on truly looking out for the best interests of all the young people that we are fortunate to guide as we find the greatest college experience that we can!

Remember it is not where you start that is the most important, it is where you finish!

 

GES Advisory Company is so very fortunate to attract the best and brightest of the coaching industry in all parts of the country.  One of our outstanding partners Coach P.J. Gibbs traveled to Indianapolis, IN during the off-season to become certified as a Master Trainer in USA Footballs “Heads Up” program. Coach Gibbs was one of only 19 graduates of this program this year and he has quickly brought it to the benefit of the players at Gulf Coast HS in Naples, FL where he coaches the defensive backfield.

 

Take a look at this feature on Coach Gibbs from the local ABC affiliate in Naples to see how our team is making the game better each and every day!

http://www.abc-7.com/clip/13348388/gulf-coast-hs-leads-heads-up-football-charge

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It was a super weekend here in Columbus when the team at Rivals hosted a two day event to uncover some great talent in the midwest.  There were players that came from all over the country, even as far as Alabama to show off their ability!

GES was proud to have several of our rising seniors in attendance and they all did us proud! Regardless of whether it was Isaiah Healy and Ashton Gilkey from Westerville Central, or Josh Stewart from Hilliard Bradley, they all showed that they definitely belonged on the big stage!

Coach Ron Roesink is always at the top of his game as well; even after a lifetime working in the football industry, I always learn something new from Coach “Sink.” This is exactly why we are so proud to have him on our Team!

Always remember that we should always have the mindset that we will either get better or get worse, because we will never stay the same!  This is what we live every day at GES!

Make the very most of every day!  All the best!

Coach Schembechler

If there is one thing that I have learned after a long career in the NFL, the most accurate way to predict the future of any football player is through the professional evaluation of game film. Considering the pain staking process of watching multiple games of each and every snap, it is through the evaluation that there is no aspect of football talent that cannot be identified.

Obviously this is not the only process that we employ at GES, considering that we get to know the backgrounds of each and every prospects so that we know what makes them tick and drives them from a motivational standpoint.  Through each of our outstanding partners, we seek to develop leadership in each and every prospect that we work with.

But it all starts with the film that gives us the basis for us to work through what the reality of recruiting looks like for each young person that we work with.  This is what makes our program the most comprehensive in the industry.

It is the “no stone unturned” philosophy that makes our program the very best and allows us to maintain the highest expectations not only of ourselves, but all the prospects that we are fortunate to work with.

We look forward to working great young people that have the most key ingredient of character and work ethic that will allow them to conquer their goals!

Those Who Stay Will Be Champions!

Coach Schembechler

We are big believers in “Leading By Example” as we do our very best to take that responsibility by seeking out the best education that will ensure the future of GES Advisory Company as the premiere scouting, recruiting and education program in the nation!

Over the weekend, Glenn “Shemy” Schembechler achieved a Masters Degree from the world renowned #1 Sports Administration Program in the World at Ohio University.  Having recently celebrated it’s 50th Anniversary this year, this program’s sustained success has brought together the greatest talent of students and faculty to create an education and network that is second to none!

GES will only get better at what we do with the support of the Ohio Family as we continue to expand our reach to every corner of the United States.  Thank you Ohio University and Go Bobcats!

 

College football coaches today have very difficult jobs when it comes to organizing a recruiting effort that will land them the best players possible in building a championship program. They are under enormous pressure to not only evaluate players’ talent, but also to predict whether they can succeed at their respective college when they arrive. In many cases, the first to offer the next consensus high school All-American gives them the inside track at signing that players come national signing day each February.

Problems arise when that ‘verbal’ offer arrives early in the process and that player thinks that when they commit the recruiting process is over. This could not be further from the truth! Over the last several years, these verbal offers have been followed by commitments that have little to no stability for both the school and the player. Exceptions can be made for the most elite prospects that are sitting on multiple offers, but these instances are almost non-existent. Verbal ‘offers’ and verbal ‘commitments’ have no governing body to enforce them, not even the NCAA or any college or university anywhere that plays a sport. Take a look at the following passage from the NCAA itself to have a clear idea of what is reality. NCAA and the Verbal Commitment

GES Advisory Company has a very clear understanding of this concept and can advise all of our members of these pitfalls. The important thing to remember is that the recruiting process does not end until National Signing Day when student-athletes sign their National Letter of Intent or NLI that binds them to that school. Enclosed here is the correct interpretation The National Letter of Intent. Whenever any of our prospects receive an offer, the most important advice I can give them is to study and prepare on and off the field as if they never received the offer in the first place! Complacency is our worst enemy and we should never be comfortable with the offer because it can be taken away just as easily as it was given! So the commitment can only come in one form, when the NLI is signed by both the player and the school.

Thanks everyone for reading and let’s have another great week in constant pursuit of our dreams and goals!

The NCAA is doing it’s very best to try to bring some controls to the football recruiting process for the benefit of student athletes in high school. The December signing date is a step in the right direction but there is still plenty of caution that needs to heeded by every young person and their families.  The definition of an offer and an authentic offer are two different things and there are many that end up disappointed because of the difficulty in telling the difference.

I took the time to do a little research into the elite programs in the country in terms of their recruiting practices and how many scholarship offers they make to prospective student athletes in football.  In the 2018 class alone, the average number of scholarship offers for 8 elite programs was One Hundred And Sixty Five! (from 247 football recruiting website)  Remember that each school can only sign 25 players in each class, a rule that will come to bear as of August 1st!

Keep in mind that many of these prospects will choose to go elsewhere, but the sheer number of offers should give every prospect pause when it comes to the authenticity of the offer.  Every one of these situations always goes back to the most important factor, honesty and communication!  Something that is a staple of our program at GES is how we evaluate communication and couple that with the most accurate film evaluation in the industry.  This allows us to find the best school for every prospect that we help!